One good thing about being a woman is we haven't too many examples yet of what a genius looks like. It could be me.

There was not an awareness of pop culture in the household. There was a lot of respect for working hard, and for intellectual and professional achievement.

It has long been known to me that certain objects want you as much as you want them. These are the ones that become important, the objects that you hold dear. The others fade from your life entirely. You wanted them, but they did not want you in return.

When I was in high school, and even to a degree while I was in university, I wasn't on the Internet. So it's not as embedded in my soul, that kind of way of being.

I'm in a serious monogamous relationship, and I don't want to keep having different boyfriends, and I have this instead - with men and women. It's better. Instead of having sex, we have art.

One good thing about being a woman is we haven't too many examples yet of what a genius looks like. It could be me.

We tried not to smile, for smiling only encourages men to bore you and waste your time.